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"Buoyancy" is an educational simulation in HTML5, by PhET Interactive Simulations.
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Changing the boat's geometry for a simpler initial water level #100

Closed DianaTavares closed 2 months ago

DianaTavares commented 3 months ago

Why? Because this can facilitate students' productions and calculations on the boat screen. Worries? having at some point more water than the limit that the pool can contain.

During Feb/12/24 meeting MK commented that will think about this idea.

DianaTavares commented 3 months ago

Also, KP suggestion during that meeting was to modify the boat material or its walls to make that the initial state of the screen show better numbers, (for example 103 L). I love more the idea of the setup button to 100L, but if it is getting hard, KP solution is good for to have at least one easy to calculate/predict/compare scenario.

AgustinVallejo commented 2 months ago

Changing the title on this issue to work on boat's geometry. We think the "Set to 100L" button is not desirable.

AgustinVallejo commented 2 months ago

Now the initial boat geometry displaces exactly 3L of water. Please double check and close if ready

DianaTavares commented 2 months ago

It works!!